>>11315152He was contemptuous of Sweden's military strength, believing that their army were only toy soldiers with no experience.
For the good of the German people, we must wish for a war every fifteen or twenty years. An army whose sole purpose is to preserve peace leads only to playing at soldiers—compare Sweden and Switzerland.
He also despised Sweden's human rights policies, believing that a refusal to stage mass public executions of dissidents would weaken them as a country:
Anyone who for false reasons of mercy deviates from this clear principle is aiding, willingly or unwillingly, the dissolution of the State. We can see the beginnings of this process to-day in a country like Sweden.
He blamed Sweden's weakness on the Jews, of course. He blamed them for everything.
News agencies all the world over (...) are for the most part in the hands of Jews. Unfortunately, this Jewish twaddle is being accepted without question not only in Britain and America, but also in Sweden and Switzerland.
They [Jews] sow discord everywhere, as much between individuals as between peoples. They'll also have to clear out of Switzerland and Sweden. It's where they're to be found in small numbers that they're most dangerous. Put five thousand Jews in Sweden—soon they'll be holding all the posts there.
Even the king of Sweden in person showed weakness in his refusal to be anti-Semitic. Hitler recalled with fondness an occasion when his former superior, President Hindenburg, challenged this view.
When, at a dinner at the Swedish Legation, at which both were present, the King of Sweden expressed certain criticisms of the German policy towards the Jews, the Old Gentleman [President Hindenburg] refuted them, saying in his deep, sonorous, bass voice that this was a purely domestic German affair, with which the German Chancellor [Hitler] alone was competent to deal.
